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Save us From Things That Deplete

May the Lord save us from the things that deplete who we are supposed to be and what we are supposed to effectively and fully accomplish.
“I will cry to God Most High, Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].” (Ps.57:2, Amp)

Dumping Fear-Thoughts

MELISSA—We meditate on God’s will, His original intent for this earth.  We stop fixating on the enemy’s war around us by realizing his war has intensified because he is feeling the pressure of this never-ending Kingdom in Luke 1.  We turn our thoughts toward that powerful fact.  We engage in power, love, and a sound mind by dumping fear-thoughts that have wreaked havoc (2 Timothy 1:7).  This is all possible in our lifetime! “Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You’re not the only one plunged into these hard times. It’s the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won’t last forever. It won’t be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ—eternal and glorious plans they are!—will have you put together and on your feet for good. He gets the last word; yes, He does.” (1 Peter 5:8-11, The Message)

Derailing God’s Participants

KATHY—If your enemy has sniffed out the purpose and call of God in you, he will go after it. Technically, the devil can’t decide to touch God’s plan and purpose, he is just not big enough.  His only hope is to derail God’s participants from it through evil devices like injustice, deception, false accusation, etc.  He will use anything he can to limit or stop you or your passion.  Stopping you from being who you were born to be and doing what you were born to do is his only way of hindering the GLORY of GOD in the earth.  Jesus said in John 17:4  “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.”   So your purpose and potential to bring God glory can draw unique fire as the devil consistently tries to rob, kill or destroy the glory of God. 

Revealed in the Middle of Chaos

MARTY—In Rom.8:19 it says, “…the eagerly awaiting creation waits”. It is not likely that we will find anywhere in the Bible where creation wishes the sons and daughters of God were not here. Creation is waiting. Creation is waiting for every son/daughter of Almighty God Jehovah to be revealed in this present world just as Jesus was revealed some 2,000 years ago in the midst of Israel’s chaos.

Carry Heaven

Melissa — It’s time for Change-Agents to wake up and be Heaven on earth.  WE can do this because it’s “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:6) What is a heavenly Change-Agent? It’s one who makes a difference wherever they are because they carry Heaven in them.  When I say Heaven, I mean one who carries the original intent of God wherever they go.  What is God’s original intent? Heaven on earth, a Kingdom without end (Luke 1:31-33).  The difference between our Change-Agents and the ones making the news right now is that we cause life, healing, peace, hope, restoration—not death and destruction!

What Used to Be

KATHY–What “used to be” is not the witness that will impact a community or a region for the Kingdom.  I AM is being misrepresented if He is not present tense and awesome.  If we refuse to allow pride or fear to keep us from fresh and timely obedience, sons of God will be redefined and repositioned as needed and we will flow into a momentum that causes the good plans of God to manifest.  The groaning (Rom.8:19) communities and regions will reel with the supernatural results and exponential harvest that He has planned.

The Lord is Our Refuge

As the people of God assemble today may they not be afraid of the terror by night nor the arrow that flies by day and may they not rehearse those matters but rather encourage one another and say that the Lord is our Refuge, our Fortress, the One we lean on and confidently trust in. (Ps.91:2)

God’s Unusual and Incredible Work

“For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon, To do His work, His unusual and incredible work, And to accomplish His work, His extraordinary work. (Isa.28:21, Amp)

Rightful Place in Driver’s Seat

MELISSA — It is amazing how interwoven fear can be in our thoughts and considerations. But when we become aware, we can do something about it. We can take our rightful place in the driver’s seat by forcing fear out. We can ask the Holy Spirit to point it out, then replace it with truth. We replace fear with God’s original intent for our life, thoughts of peace to give us an expected end (Jer. 29:11). This is not necessarily an overnight change, it takes time. It’s a process well worth it, but we can still be participants in the earth-changes/plans of God in the middle of our process. How? By listening to the Father and doing/saying what He tells us (John 5:19).

Carrying a God-Purpose

KATHY—Everyone breathing is carrying a God-purpose. We are in this time of history to be sons and daughters of God making history in the earth. Not one of us is insignificant or without a holy calling. Whether we realize it or not, our purpose is a piece of the bigger purpose that God is stewarding. You may be a school bus driver that God positioned in a sphere of protection over three children that the enemy’s trying to take out before they become a principal and mayor and police chief that they were born to be. Perhaps you are raising a child that will affect the medical world in twenty years. Maybe you are living in a particular county so that your taxes can help change it for a God-plan. Perhaps part of your purpose is being God’s expression of mercy in an office or for you to be the medicine of healing because you can make others laugh. Or maybe He placed your skills and personality as a connector to get people to solutions in a community. Most of the time we are not aware of how God is using the details of our daily lives as a part of His bigger intention, but God watches over you and who you were born to be. He also intends that you outlive anything that contradicts any facet of your multi-faceted purpose and fulfillment.